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SOUTH KOREA vs. ITALY
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Daejeon Stadium

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME · AFTER EXTRA TIME
SOUTH KOREA
2 – 1
ITALY
✦ REFEREE: Byron Moreno
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 5' • Ahn Jung-Hwan
  • 5' • Gianluigi Buffon
  • 18' ⚽ Christian Vieri
  • 61' •
  • 63' •
  • 68' •
  • 72' •
  • 83' •
  • 88' ⚽ Seol Ki-Hyun
  • 116' ⚽ Ahn Jung-Hwan
▶ MATCH STATS
KOR 56% POSSESSION 44% ITA
KOR 11 SHOTS 14 ITA
KOR 7 SHOTS ON TARGET 6 ITA
KOR 28 FOULS 22 ITA
KOR 5 SAVES 6 ITA
KOR 0 RED CARDS 1 ITA
▶ LINE-UPS
SOUTH KOREA
STARTING XI
  1. GKLee Woon-Jae
  2. DFChoi Jun-Chul
  3. DFHong Myung-Bo
  4. DFTae-Young Kim
  5. MFKim Nam-Il
  6. MFLee Young-Pyo
  7. MFPark Ji-Sung
  8. MFSong Chong-Gug
  9. MFYoo Sang-Chul
  10. FWAhn Jung-Hwan⚽
  11. FWSeol Ki-Hyun⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Lee Chun-Soo▲ 68'
  • Hwang Sun-Hong▲ 63'
  • Cha Doo-Ri▲ 83'
ITALY
STARTING XI
  1. GKGianluigi Buffon
  2. DFFrancesco Coco
  3. DFMark Iuliano
  4. DFPaolo Maldini
  5. DFChristian Panucci
  6. MFDamiano Tommasi
  7. MFGianluca Zambrotta
  8. MFCristiano Zanetti
  9. FWAlessandro Del Piero
  10. FWFrancesco Totti
  11. FWChristian Vieri⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Gennaro Gattuso▲ 61'
  • Angelo Di Livio▲ 72'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

SOUTH KOREA
The Taeguk Warriors
EST. 1933
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
ITALY
Gli Azzurri
EST. 1898

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ SOUTH KOREA
▶ ITALY
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